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February 19, 2018

82% of businesses are currently deploying a mix of cloud and on- premises infrastructure. Egnyte analysis uncovered a number of trends, including: * Businesses have increased their storage footprint by 55% YoY * The average file size for all businesses in 2018 is 3.13 MB, up from 2.59 MB in 2015 (20% growth YoY).

Dell-EMC announced the VxBlock 1000 which aims to make private cloud deployment even simpler. The VxBlock product line consists of the 240, 350, 540 and 740; the primary difference between them is the storage in them. Customers choose the type of storage based on the workload. For example, businesses using VxBlock for general-purpose applications such as Microsoft Exchange and SharePoint would choose a version with Unity.

When you get down to it, there are really only two kinds of Office. One, which most label Office 2016, is the stand-alone suite that traces its roots back to the last century. (Its successor is Office 2019.) The other, Office 365, is the subscription service that debuted in 2011. This article looks at the three top ways to tell these tools apart, and looks at what's coming, based on Microsoft's recently announced new support policies for the upcoming Office 2019, as well as Office 365, down the road.

Meaningful artificial intelligence (AI) deployments are just beginning to take place. Gartner’s 2018 CIO Agenda Survey shows that four percent of CIOs have implemented AI, while a further 46 percent have developed plans to do so.

With the new era of Windows as a service, Microsoft is rolling out changes to the operating system twice a year. Many of those changes will allow you to improve your security posture and offer more security choices. You no longer have to wait for a new operating system to deploy new security features. This article summarizes all of the new security features and options in Windows 10 version 1709, also known as the Fall Creators Edition.

The National ATM Council (NAC) has released the findings of a new independent study on the state of the US ATM marketplace, entitled Location Study of ATMs in U.S. by Ownership, 2018. They report that there are 470,135 ATMs in service today in the US, with FIs accounting for 191,741 of the US ATM terminals, and the remaining 278,394 ATMs in America owned and operated by independent ATM providers and merchants.

In a new study by the The Financial Services Information Sharing and Analysis Center (FS-ISAC), CISOs weighed in on the most critical cyber-defense methods, frequency of cyber-preparedness reporting to their respective boards of directors as well as the current cyber chain of command within their respective financial organizations. 35 percent of CISOs surveyed said that employee training is a top priority for improving security posture in the financial sector. Infrastructure upgrades and network defense are also prioritized by 25 percent of CISOs; and breach prevention by 17 percent.

This article discusses three of these solutions: 1) Sender Policy Framework (SPF), which hardens your DNS servers and restricts who can send emails from your domain; 2) DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM), which ensures that the contents of your emails remains trusted and hasn’t been tampered with or compromised; and 3) domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting and Conformance (DMARC), which ties the first two protocols together with a consistent set of policies.

Organizations are using testimonial videos, event recaps and branded storytelling videos (i.e., content marketing) to reach and authentically engage with consumers. Through these tactics, organizations of all sizes are humanizing their message and making themselves more relevant and engaging in the social era.

The first estimates are emerging of just how much dollar volume will flow across systems already in place and in progress - the total will come to $650 billion this year, according to “Faster Payments: U.S. Forecast, 2017-2021,” a report just released by Mercator Advisory Group. That is volume across peer-to-peer, business-to-business, business-to-consumer, and consumer-to-business payments channels where funds are available anywhere from within minutes to the next day.

Juniper is offering a universal switch for data center spines, data center edges and DCI to enforce network policies consistently across various kinds of environments. It's also offering a single point of control for multi-cloud security, through Sky Enterprise, a cloud management service that allows operators to deploy, configure and manage switching and security devices.

Recursive Labs announced the unveiling of its new Request solution which they say is a first-of-its-kind customer engagement platform that incorporates live video to enhance online consumer communication. Whether using their mobile devices or desktop computers, with Request, consumers can quickly create a live video by recording their screen to show and explain their issues or pose their questions in real-time.